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@hussy
shit this thread is freaking me out. i typed in a thread months ago asking if attacks like this were common and should I just ride a shit bike. Everyone scorned at my thread. But if girls and boys are being attacked for a bike whilst their on it, it kinda highlights some seriously messed up treatment of people in London. I mean I know a cities underbelly and subcultures are what make a city (not tourism and finance strictly) but for sweet scary jesus, I am totally freaked out. And the areas mentioned are the only areas I can afford to live in london. If you do get grabed by youths and fight back with a decent weighted lock, you probably get charged with GBH, or stabbed. So public transport is not safe, cycling, walking, moped. I fucking Love London and feel so thankfull that I have a great city on my door step, but this sounds more dodgy than philadephia and NYC.